Harish Salve
| Harish Salve | |
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| Former Solicitor General | |
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In office 1 November 1999 – 3 November 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Santosh Hegde |
| Succeeded by | Kirit N Raval |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1955 Warud, Tahasil Shindkheda, Dist Dhule, Maharashtra |
| Spouse(s) | Meenakshi Salve |
| Children | Sakshi, Saaniya |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Religion | Christianity |
Harish Salve (Marathi:हरीश सालवे) is an Indian lawyer, who specializes in constitutional, commercial and taxation laws. He primarily practices at the Supreme Court of India, but also appears in various High Courts and in international arbitral disputes, sometimes as a counsel and other times as an adjudicator. He served as the Solicitor General of India from 1 November 1999 to 3 November 2002.
Harish Salve is the son of N. K. P. Salve, who was a prominent politician and member of the Indian National Congress party. His mother, Ambriti Salve, was a doctor. His grandfather, P.K. Salve, was a successful criminal lawyer and his great-grandfather (father of P.K. Salve) was a munsif (subordinate judge). Harish is married to Meenakshi and has two daughters, Saaniya and Sakshi. He has one sister, Arundati. The Salve family belong to Marathi Christians community. The family hails from Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh state, but are of Maharashtrian origin and speak the Marathi language.
Salve qualified as a Chartered Accountant and practiced as a CA specializing in taxation before qualifying as a lawyer and moving to the legal profession. He was inspired by Nani Palkhivala, an eminent tax lawyer from Mumbai.
He began his legal career in 1980 as an intern at J. B. Dadachandji & Co first as an intern and later as a full-time lawyer. During this time, he assisted Palkhivala in the Minerva Mills case (case citation: AIR 1980 SC 1789). Salve was later designated as a Senior Counsel by the Delhi High Court.
Salve worked with former Attorney General, Soli Sorabjee from 1980–1986. He declined to be nominated for a second 3-year term due to "personal reasons" when his first term ended in November 2002. He later clarified that his wife was unhappy about him bringing work home and continuing to be worried as he watched the evening news.
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